If a computer could pair you up with a perfect mate, would you want its advice? If an artificial intelligence could train you to woo the partner of your dreams, would you seek its wisdom? What if technologies were better at finding and attracting the object of your ideal romance than you were? What if they already are? »7/01/12 9:00am 7/01/12 9:00am

Science fiction and fantasy are all about reaching beyond the horizon — so it's not surprising that many of the greatest speculative fiction authors have broadened their own horizons. And you can see it in their writing, because the experience of negotiating a very different culture and learning another language… »6/21/12 3:23pm 6/21/12 3:23pm

Here's your weekend book deal: Pyr Books is making ebooks of Ian McDonald's Hugo-nominated novel The Dervish House available for $1.99 for a limited time. Snap this one up, because (spoilers!) it's going to be io9's August book club pick. Grab it cheap at Amazon. »6/03/11 4:51pm 6/03/11 4:51pm

Now that science fiction and fantasy are accounting for a bigger share of young adult titles, it's only natural that SF publishers would want to move into publishing YA themselves. Pyr Books will publish some titles aimed at younger readers. »5/24/11 7:20am 5/24/11 7:20am

Warp Films has just bought the rights to Ian McDonald's Hugo-nominated novel The Dervish House. Though often these kinds of deals don't lead to anything - several of Charles Stross' novels, for example, have been optioned and never been adapted. But Warp Films executive producer Peter Carlson seems pretty serious. In… »4/28/11 3:56pm 4/28/11 3:56pm

Ian McDonald's River of Gods imagines a future, high-tech version of India — so it's not surprising that Indian movie-makers are interested in putting it on film. Jai Khanna, an executive with Los Angeles production company Brillstein Partners, tells Bollyspice that a River of Gods movie is "on the fast track."… »2/15/11 12:03pm 2/15/11 12:03pm

A new anthology of Mars stories, coming from Viking next April, includes just about everybody you'd want to see in its table of contents. Kim Stanley Robinson, Kage Baker, Alastair Reynolds, and more. And the cover looks stunning. »7/12/10 6:20am 7/12/10 6:20am

Summer is the most escapist time of year, with vacations and long voyages. And no escapist jaunt is complete without a visit to other worlds. Here are the best science fiction and fantasy books for this summer's beach reading. »7/08/10 4:00pm 7/08/10 4:00pm

We've officially entered the lazy days of summer. So spice up your weekend with a vicarious apocalypse, or venture to near-future Turkey with Ian McDonald. Here are the coolest new books of July. »7/06/10 12:40pm 7/06/10 12:40pm

April's new science fiction books take you on a trip across a transformed Mars, and to the heart of a British battle against mutant Nazi orphans. Also, a couple of steampunk adventures jostle for a space in your to-be-read pile. »4/14/10 10:47am 4/14/10 10:47am

Cyberabad Days, a new story collection by Ian McDonald, takes us deep into the world of a twenty-second-century India that's riven by water wars, blooming with glittering, high-tech cities, and shaped by ancient tradition. »2/16/09 3:30pm 2/16/09 3:30pm

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Brasyl »11/17/08 8:20am 11/17/08 8:20am has already won a British Science Fiction Association award, and now it's in the running to cross boundaries and win a mainstream literary award, the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. a Jesuit explorer in 1732 Brazil, a present-day story of journalism and Brazillian football, and a tale…

Four out of five Hugo-nominated novels are available for free, in electronic format — but only if you're a Hugo voter. To receive copies of Halting State by Charles Stross, Brasyl by Ian McDonald, Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer and The Last Colony by John Scalzi, you have to send an email to hugo2008@scalzi.com with… »4/02/08 1:00pm 4/02/08 1:00pm